You'll need to know a few tricks in order to take your night in a bio bay from mediocre to once-in-a-lifetime.
Mr. Clooney worked his way up from "a seventh banana in mediocre TV" to his current asking price of $12 million a film by taking risks and vigorously standing up for himself, even if that assertiveness alienated some powerful people in Hollywood.
It is shown that the experimental results for single tubes are in mediocre agreement to established mathematical models, such as the ones proposed by Natusch et al. (1975) and Molerus et al. (1995), and that heat transfer is significantly influenced by the tube diameter.
"Generally speaking, people move based on the economy," Dr. Smith said, "and obviously the economy in 2008 was mediocre to bad.
So much for the double canard that orchestras in Italy range "from mediocre to bad" and that Mr. Muti has shown no interest in new music.
Other accomplished college coaches like Rick Pitino, John Calipari and Leonard Hamilton have coached in the N.B.A. with mediocre to disastrous results.
In contrast to the mediocre to bad reviews, two other routines they choreographed were picked as "Judges' Favorite" during the season six finale: "Beggin'" (chosen by Lil' C) and "I Can Transform Ya" (chosen by Mary Murphy).
The level of play, in fact, is rapidly sinking from mediocre to plain awful.
This strategy speaks to an administration that, however brilliant and accomplished, expends too much energy appeasing its adversaries and protecting those of its advisors who rate in the mediocre-to-incompetent range, even as it throws good people under the bus amidst right-wing smear campaigns.
Murray, once in mediocre shape and prone to frequent fits of anger, has transformed himself into a hyperfit, much more focused force with the help of an extensive support group.
